Chapter 21

Chapter 21 What Exactly Happened Last Night

As Collin's lips hovered mere inches from Linsey's, his fingers clenched the bedsheets with an intensity that betrayed his inner turmoil.

He inhaled sharply, a desperate attempt to gather his waning self-control, and abruptly sat up.

Linsey, still lost in the depths of her dreams, shifted slightly in response. Her hands, which had been resting on Collin's arm, fell away as she turned to her other side in a soft rustle of sheets.

Collin seized this moment to gently disengage his hand and perched silently on the bed's edge, his breaths quick and

uneven.

The air was thick with her unique perfume, a seductive blend that tugged at his resolve like a siren's song.

Collin wrestled with his self-discipline, which seemed to crumble in her mere presence.

Was her allure so profound?

He had no idea what was happening, but staying wasn't an option. He had to go before he lost himself.

He had to go, and he had to go now.

He left the room swiftly, leaving Linsey in her serene slumber, oblivious to the emotional tempest he had

the water cascading over him,

drenched hair, his eyelids falling shut

radiant smile surfaced in his mind, her rosy lips vividly painted in his memory. The lingering, sweet

eyes flew open, shock and disbelief

his head, he noticed that he was

losing his mind? Was he

ceased, leaving behind the eerie solitude of his

phone jerked Linsey

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fierce headache threatened to lure

her phone, her fingers brushing against the screen to silence the alarm that

at work."

upright, her mind

alarm just yesterday after leaving CR Corporation, a stark reminder of the orientation she was due for today. There was

her fingers against her throbbing temple, struggling to piece together her hazy return

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